- Feature
In its “Government Barometer 2012”, WWF criticises EU member states for being too reluctant when it comes to on-the-ground actions that they are expected to carry out to halt the flow of illegal timber into the EU.
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The results of the project "Certification of Forest Contractors (CeFCo) in five European countries were unveiled in February 2012. Around 80 forest managers, contractors, and auditors joined industry and NGO representatives at the Portugal event to signal strong cross-sector support…
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The Rainforest Alliance and NEPCon now offer a unique training course designed for those who seek to understand how FSC certification works in practice or to gain formal competence within FSC auditing.
NEPCon is developing a new standard that provides assurance for the quality and performance of carbon footprint management. NEPCon is now seeking stakeholders' input to a draft version of the Carbon Footprinting Standard.
- Market news
The leading international manufacturer of doors, JELD-WEN, is moving towards the next phase in its on-going commitment to responsible forestry: the company has obtained FSC and PEFC multi-site certificates covering JELD-WEN’s European operations.
- Feature
Australia has come considerably closer to adopting a new Timber Act, after a special committee of the Australian Senate has given its full support to the Australian Illegal Logging Prohibition Bill.
- Feature
Governments of the world who gathered for the climate conference in Durban were unable to agree on an international, legally-binding agreement.
- Feature
“I’m in this for the long haul”, says Kasper Kopp, referring to his timber trading business TRACER ApS. The Danish company specialises in FSC-certified tropical timber and promotes Lesser Known Species in order to support sustainable tropical forest management.
- Market news
Perhaps more than other forestry products, greeting cards have a unique ability to connect with consumers on an emotional level.
- Editorial
- Market news
Will the global financial crisis kill efforts to foster sustainability in the timber sector? This would seem likely, but the opposite seems to be the case.
- System updates
The FSC and PEFC forest certification systems are constantly evolving based on stakeholder feedback and new developments in the political and legislative spheres.
- Feature
On 1 December 2011, Transparency International released the results of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2011. The index serves as an important resource for companies assessing risk when sourcing Controlled Wood for their FSC-certified products.
- Feature
- System updates
Minor non-certified components will need to be completely phased out of the FSC system within a year's time. FSC has found this to be a necessary move in order to ensure recognition of FSC certified products as conformant with the coming EU Timber Regulation.
- Market news
The Board of Appeal of the Dutch Environmental Foundation has ruled to uphold a judgement made last year by the Dutch Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC). TPAC found that the PEFC endorsed, Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) fails to meet key sustainability…
- Standard updates
A new draft version of the standard for Company Evaluation of FSC Controlled Wood is open for public consultation until 30 November. It includes several new requirements, which have been added in order to ensure that FSC products will meet the EU Timber Regulation.
- Market news
The Rainforest Alliance has awarded FSC certification to Oxford Timber Audits – the largest chain of custody group in the UK.
- System updates
23 NovemberFSC has opened the draft FSC global forest management standard for voting among its members.
- Feature
The European Environment Agency called for a renewed effort to improve the biological diversity in Europe’s forests through sustainable forest management in a report published on 18 October 2011.
- Feature
Despite recent revisions and improvements of a number of core PEFC standards, Greenpeace and eight other NGOs find that the PEFC system does not provide sufficient assurance of responsible forest management.